{"id":378627,"date":"2025-11-14T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378627\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:46:12","slug":"kai-trump-speaks-out-on-last-place-start-at-lpga-tour-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378627\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Trump speaks out on last-place start at LPGA tour debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s granddaughter, Kai Trump, made her LPGA tour debut on Thursday at The Annika in Belleair, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old shot a 13-over 83, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/13\/sports\/kai-trump-struggles-in-opening-round-of-lpga-tour-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sitting in last in the 108-player field after the first round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She bogeyed the first four holes and finished the birdie-less round with nine bogeys and two double bogeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was definitely more nervous than I expected, but I thought I hit a lot of great shots out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hit a lot of good shots just to the wrong spots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the last place finish, the teen still called the experience \u201cpretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty cool because I know I hit it far, but kind of playing with the best players in the world and being literally right there or even outdriving on some of the holes, it felt pretty good,\u201d she said. \u201cFelt like my game is in a good spot, and especially only being a senior in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods, who is currently dating Kai Trump\u2019s mother, Vanessa, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/12\/sports\/tiger-woods-advice-for-kai-trump-ahead-of-teens-scrutinized-lpga-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave the teen advice ahead of the tournament<\/a> in the days leading up to it, she told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37665810\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kai-trump-granddaughter-president-trump-115344526.jpg\" alt=\"Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Trump, tees off on the 10th hole during the first round of The ANNIKA at the Pelican Golf Club at on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-37665810\"  \/>Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Trump, tees off on the 10th hole during the first round of The ANNIKA at the Pelican Golf Club at on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, he is the best golfer in the entire world. I would say that. And even better person,\u201d she said. \u201cHe told me to go out there and have fun and just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has gained a following on social media, mostly through YouTube, and recently posted a video of herself playing with her grandfather at Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C., and the two of them attending the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t view it as him being the president. I view it as, he\u2019s my grandpa. We\u2019re gonna go out there and play golf,\u201d Kai said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. \u201cWe play golf all the time. It\u2019s nothing new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37665815\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/belleair-fl-pro-annika-driven-115290506.jpg\" alt=\"Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Trump, tees off on the 10th hole during the first round of The ANNIKA at the Pelican Golf Club at on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-37665815\"  \/>Kai Trump signs autographs for fans. MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Kai, who recently committed to the University of Miami, insists her goal is to go pro as a golfer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll try to do that and give it my best shot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump\u2019s granddaughter, Kai Trump, made her LPGA tour debut on Thursday at The Annika in Belleair,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[69,1430,25751,40558,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-378627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-kai-trump","11":"tag-lpga","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115548834911536030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}